Mark Monero

Mark Monero is a British actor and musician who began acting as a child at Anna Scher's theater school in Islington. Born in Newham, London, he landed one of his earliest film roles in Babylon (1980), playing the brother of Brinsley Ford's character Blue. Early television parts followed in Play for Today, Bless Me Father, and Grange Hill, and he later played Woody in the detective series Lovejoy and appeared in Sid & Nancy (1986). He became best known for playing Steve Elliot in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1991 to 1996. Other credits include The Lenny Henry Show, The Bill, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Casualty, Judge John Deed, Waking the Dead, Doctors, and Skins, as well as the Indian dance film Mad About Dance. He has also acted in many stage plays and from 2006 to 2012 wrote and performed music with the band North of Ping Pong.